HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – This is rare air Knicks guard Jeremy Lin is breathing these days and we are all indeed witness to the phenomenon that has become the hottest sensation in the NBA, at least for the last three games.

The last player to record 20 or more points and eight or more assists in his first two NBA starts, LeBron James. Lin made it three straight 20-point games and established new career-highs in assists in each of those three starts last night in Washington D.C.

The last athlete to snatch the sports spotlight like this in his debut on the big stage, Tim Tebow? (It’s way before Lin’s or Tebow’s time, but you old heads might remember “Fernandomania” sweeping the sports world back in the early 1980s.)

“Linsanity” isn’t just an easy nickname, it’s an actual movement in New York that is gaining steam throughout the basketball universe. CNBC Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell reported this morning that “Lin’s highlights of his 1st breakout game (against the Nets) has had 1.27 million views on Sina’s NBA page.”

“Linsanity” is obviously contagious. How else do you explain Tyson Chandler‘s 25 points and 11 rebounds in the Knicks’ 107-93 win over the Wizards last night? Chandler, a 10-year vet, was just two points shy of his career scoring high while feeding off of the energy of Lin’s 23 points and 10 assists.

The fact that Lin is doing all of this while Carmelo Anthony (injury) and Amar’e Stoudemire (family reasons) are not uniform only adds to the growing legend of the Harvard grad and former D-League performer with the buzz cut and flashy game. Three straight wins after the Knicks lost 11 of 13 certainly helps fuel the movement.

The sick highlights — “I didn’t know he could dunk,” Chandler said, “When he’s going in for the dunk I’m like ‘no Jeremy, just lay the ball up.’ And all of a sudden he dunks it and I was probably just as excited as the crowd was.” — are just gravy on the feel good sandwich Knicks are chomping on right now.

Not everyone is feeling the good vibrations, though. Wizards coach Randy Wittman got word from an expert, his son Ryan played at Cornell and faced Lin in the Ivy League, was not impressed with the Wizards’ defensive effort.

“He told me that they did a much better job of guarding him than we did tonight,” Wittman said. “I already had that text message before the game was over. Makes Dad feel good.”

How long Lin’s New York Minute(s) lasts depends on if you truly believe in this movement.

“The energy in this room, the camaraderie that we have right now, he’s kind of unified this team. He can take a lot of credit for that because his energy and how much he truly enjoys every moment he’s out there has unified and given our team a new energy.”

Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni insists that what you’re seeing from Lin, is the genuine item.

“He has the ability and he has the talent to play like this every night,” coach D’Antoni told reporters. “I think it’s real.”

If so, we have to come up with something better than “Linsanity” for this thing. Occupy has already been used up on in New York City, so we need to go in another direction.

And that’s where you come in. We need your help. We’ve got plenty of room for your suggestions and we’ll let you know in advance that your contributions are greatly appreciated!

Love the way he plays basketball. Just get on the court, have fun and enjoys every moments he plays . That’s something I often miss in the game. I think he’s way better then Yao Ming because he has a very good ball handling and a intelligent play. Lin is just too cool. An asian Harvard student comes out of nowhere and plays basketball like some MVP. After a long journey and hard working he finally can live his dream. A hustler who never gives up and always believes in what he’s doing – a great example to all of us. Is he still a rookie? What about Rookie of the Year? Just keep it on and there’s no way you can fail, Lin!

Call this the LIN Dynasty… I really hope this too good to be true story will last. Such a good guy, its easy to appreciate what he brings to the court. I can’t wait to see him on the court with both Amare and Carmelo, that would be fun. It would be just like Phoenix all over again for coach Mike, only this time it’s a Chinese not a Canadian leading the team.

Just have a look at his stats while playing for the Warriors : he really deserve it ! And it’s really not easy to accomplish that in the Big Apple !
I enjoyed looking at the Wolves for Ricky Rubio… now I love watching the Knicks just for Jeremy Lin !
Keep playing like that guy : you really deserve your place !
Greetings from Belgium ;)

jeremy lin just outplayed kobe bryant. bet he knows what lin is doing now. knicks finally have a point guard. now everyone needs to stop hating on melo. he is a pure scorer not a point guard and dantoni forced him to run the offense. now they can run the offense through lin instead of melo and melo can just be a scorer. they can all complement eachother and its not melos fault he was being asked to run the offense and be a scorer. everyone stop calling melo a selfish player and that the knicks should trade him

I agree with what you said. I also believe Lin and Stoudemire would be a deadly combination on the pick-n-roll. And Baron Davis will add depth and experince to this excellent young group, that will be much needed in the playoffs where the Nicks are no doubt heading.

to those who want to argue about whether Jeremy is Taiwanese-American or Chinese-American, just know that it’s your fight and you’re basically politicizing him. He’s said it and his agent has said it, he wants to be known as Jeremy Lin, the basketball player with game, not Jeremy Lin, the Asian basketball player with game.

ty-LIN-nol = is what every hurting NY knicks fans need right now. MELO + AMARE + CHANDLER = 11-15…common!
LIN-mousine = official car of the NY knicks to the playoffs
dazz-LIN = is what #17 has been for the past 3 games
gaso-LIN = fuel for NY knicks depleted team
strugg-LIN = is whats happening to NY knicks until # 17 started bal-LIN
stea-LIN = is what #17 is doing to MELO’s spotlight
smi-LIN = is whats going on with all NY knicks fans the past 3 games

I see a steve nash in Jeremy, not the style, not the skill set. Jeremy I could say is a perfect extension of danTONI for this knicks team. They should run plays for him and feed the monsters in the knicks club and do what Mario chalmers has done to the Miami heat. Be the guy to depend on all times.

I’m so happy that I get a chance to see a young player like him, under estimated and overlooked to become what he is right now and perform the way he this past 3 games.

I hope amare and melo wouldn’t destroy this perfect synchronisation.. and just be a part of it.

The Republic of China (aka Taiwan) evolved in 1911. With the Communist pushing the creators of China over to Taiwan, they established the Peoples’ Republic of China in 1949 and then re-named themselves as China.

OK … whatever. The fact is: Jeremy is Taiwanese.

It is very degrading to call a Taiwanese a Chinese because we are different.

Jeremy is an American-born Taiwanese. I’m a Canadian-born Taiwanese.

Those mainland china people, after losing Yao Ming to retirement, are trying to put Jeremy as a Chinese. I’m sorry … you got it all wrong …

maybe china ant taiwan arguing where he should be belong.. though the fact is clear that he’s an american… but still he’ll be getting all the supports from china and taiwan.. and also the whole asia.. imagine how big he’s network.. media will make use out of him … don’t be surprised if you heard next time “The Year of the Lin”

wit all the media attention hes getting i doubt he will be scoring 20 plus nemore cus teams will be guarding him more tightly. so acouple game dont mean much if momentum cant be sustained under pressure but if he still be putting up these kinda numbers n knicks keep winning then ill jump on the Lin bandwangon 2 lol

I just want to say that the team will won the championship in the NBA is the team with unity. If the players will play as a team, no STAR ego, then they will have the ring. NBA has a pool of great international players and they are really good, and they are not playing one on one game, but as role players.

Jeremy Lin is a good example of snubbed players in the NBA but he didn’t miss the opportunity when coach D’Antoni gave him a chance.

Leave it to the boneheads here to get everything wrong. Jeremy is NOT Chinese. He is NOT Chinese/Taiwanese. China and Taiwan are two completely DIFFERENT countries.

Taiwan possesses its own land, has its own government, and has its own population. He is AMERICAN of TAIWANESE descent. It’s really not that hard to figure out the difference. How do you think we (Americans) would react if in some other part of the world they referred to us as Canadians/Americans, or just straight up Canadians?

I hope nba.com has the professionalism to get this right, if they haven’t already.

Oh, Peace on earth. Come on, no political issue here, do not arise any racial conflicts here, alright? We just want to enjoy a talented NBA player whose last name just happened to be a Chinese last name and whose ancestors came from China and he still has grandma and relatives in China as well as in Taiwan. Do not force t him to wear a color hat. I believe his heart is high and deep than those narrow hearted.

I dont see how he won’t keep this up especially in mike’s system! he plays just like Nash ! as for the nick names SO many great ones! I hope he continues this amazing run that way most of these get used! and eventually we will find the perfect one to stick with :) my fav that Ive seen so far is Adrena-Lin, because of what he gives the crowd and his team. My personal nickname for him Is “Lin Kang” hopefully just like Liu Kang was champion Lin can help the Knicks along with melo shump and the rest to a championship !

Let’s see what Lin himself said about his nationality:
“It’s humbling, a privilege, and an honor,” Lin said in an interview with AOL Fanhouse’s Elie Seckbach. “I’m really proud of being Chinese. I’m really proud of my parents being from Taiwan. I just thank God for the opportunity.”

So ethnically, he is Chinese; citizenship-wise, he is American; his parents were from Taiwan;some of his grandparents were from Taiwan, some were from Zhejiang; English is his first language and he speaks some mandarin. So what’s the confusion?

C’moon dude, do you realy believe that? Just check out how good they are without Melo and soon when Melo is back you will see the difference – the team stops to move, everybody just watch Melo playng one on one.

Last year the narcissistic schmuck who owns the Knicks traded a basketball team for Carmelo Anthony. Now, finally, they have a point guard again, a guy who knows how to get into the paint and go to the hole or dish, who knows how to distribute, who has the ability to raise everybody´s game, who has given the Knicks movement and rhythm for the first time all season. And he didn´t do it WHILE Stoudemire and Anthony were out, he did it BECAUSE they were out. Not incidentally, he has also, for the time being, saved Mike D´Antoni´s job.
Now–he has done this against two godawful teams, the Nets and the hapless hopeless Wizards, and a talented team, the Jazz, that can´t seem to win on the road. He will have to learn how to do it against much better teams, in the other guy´s gym, and with Stoudemire and Anthony on the floor, because much as I would love to see the Knicks move Anthony for a basketball player, it isn´t going to happen. I think Jeremy Lin is the real thing, but let´s be a little patient and let him get his sea legs under him.

it’s still the “ASIAN LINSATION” for me :) this kid has a lot of heart, never surrenders despite of those turnovers, look at what he has done to the team, but the real tests are when NYK would face stronger teams that has better point guards like CHICAGO, BOSTON, CLIPS, ROCKS, DEN, PHX, OKC, alot more teams, and with the presence of players like d12, ibaka, or D.Jordan in the paint, let’s see what he can do, but i believe he can still score even with those opposing teams and players :) GO ASIAN LINSATION!!!!!!!!

Lin certainly is inspirational in really believing & making best use of his chances. It’s an example for all of us whether it’s in bball or life. Then whatever happens, no regrets!! I shared with you guys’ comments on a no of points so I won’t repeat.

The other thing I don’t hv a clue is how “politics” & “top star interests” & “trust” & other things work behind the scenes before & after games. It clearly is not only whether Lin has the technical & physical capabilities but how he relates to the team & the management, vs the interests & priorities of others

It’ll be interesting to see if Lin can keep up this adrenaline as the mental part of the game also important. I think if Mike doesn’t make it a point on team ball, defense first, self sacrifice for the better of the team, Lin & the Knicks will continue to struggle when Melo is back.

Speaking of Melo, now that they hv their big 3 plus a few, if his mentality is a bit more like Paul Pierce in being still one of the key go to keys but as team player & really, play some defense, the Knicks will be good. Again, it’s about mind & self sacrifice rather than what stat line to achieve in his contract for whatever bonus.

I don’t follow Mike enough to say if he’s a bad coach but looking at his system of offense over defense from his years in the NBA, it’s clearly not the best system. Just compare with the systems developed by Thibodeau, Jackson & you know there’re holes.

Lin is what the KNICKS need with D’antoni as the coach. I like Lin’s swag, I hope Melo doesn’t slow the flow when he returns. As for Stat……the oick and roll is where he gets his bread and butter. As for a nickname for Lin…..How about Jeremy Lin. Keep it simple. Steve Nash in his prime was Steve Nash. Blake Griffin is Blake Griffin. Rondo is Rondo. Call the man by his name, respect his game, and try not to get burned by his flame.

If you watch him play its not the kind of thing that one-hit wonders do, he really has tremendous ability. excellent speed and handles, vision, ability to get to the rim and ability to make layups and floaters, and he’s a pretty good defender too. He doesn’t have much of a jump shot but neither does rondo and he’s an excellent point guard. i think he could develop into that sort of player a rondo/nash distributor if he gets a better jumpshot.

The inspirations what J Lin given so far… impressive! Long NY Knick has been waiting…. an old Chinese commonly say “Be The Man!” i’d preffered how Peter Russel speak “Be Da Mang!!” So i thought of the great nick name for Lin and for Knick’s hope… LinDaMan! Lin Da Man! cos Lin is the man Knick need now! agreed knock fans?

Just J-Lin. If he can play pick-n-roll with Stoudemire the way he did with Chandler last game, then the Knicks are back in the playoff picture. Baron Davis can only add depth when he is ready to play. It remains to be seen if Melo’s Iso’ style would harm the team style of play that NYK are trying to establish for the last coulple of games.

Spike Lee is going bananas calling Lin every possible way a fan from NY might do these days!
The NBA motto currently could be: “Where Lin happens”.
I just can’t believe how he came out of nowhere to play like that from the very beginning.
I’m from Argentina and I honestly didn’t know this dude.
Let’s take LeBron, for ex., he came to this league already as a star and started to make the same stats (almost) as Lin is doing these games right away. The difference is that Lin was not known all around the globe and wasn’t a star. He claimed that stardom -so to say- as a thunder and now everybody is talking about him everywhere.

It is what it is. He had 3 wonderfull games,playing like a top-notch point guard. And all of those three games were W for the Knicks and that ain’t a regularity this season. I don’t think he can continue to play this way but he surely can help them on that position. Chandler scored those points mostly because of Lin drawing intention to him so Tyson is open and then Lin just gives to ball to him and you have a easy layup or a dunk. Solid player…don’t aspect to much from him. Let him develope slowly. He earned allot of time with these 3 games and that’s awesome news to him. I think he can go and get himself a place now. And the fact he’s bean on Harvard can’t hurt eather. Smart man.

I never liked the Carmelo trade, Knicks lost WAY too much…they should trade Melo’ back to Denver for Chandler (when he comes back from China) and Gallo lol. Until Melo learns how to move the ball this team is going to struggle.

Jeremy Lin is the Manny Paquaio of Basketball right now!!!
We;asian people is here for you!!
We believe!We Dream!We will pray for!
Were just behind you!
Take the world by Storm!Prove them that doubters are wrong!!!!!!

Statue of LIN – berty, Genghis – LIN, TAI – CHI (Taiwanese and Chinese), The Cobra, Jet Lin, LIN TOWN, Who’s CALL – LIN?. Goodluck to the new york knicks hope they’ll keep playing like this like a team and best of luck to Jeremy Lin.

I think is about time that coach mike D’antoni started trusting his bench like all the big name coaches such as Phil jackson in the past, Greg P in San Antonio, Doc Rivers in Boston, need I go on. Maybe he’ll finally decide to use a real big body now to backup Chandler. Maybe jerome Jordan. Jared Jeffries is playing ok now but he’s better for backing up Amare at least until harrelson comes back from injury. Once coach mike learns how to use his bench, sky’s the limit for the Knicks, we don’t need more big name players. We are set once Davis comes back from injury. I’m not mad if he starts at point or backs up Lin either decision is a good one. Please please please coach use your bench.

i don’t know how long he can keep this up, i hope this become his regular stats and he become starting PG with good minutes. if he is for real we should trade Melo for some defensive minded star and role players. say like Josh Smith…and another role player for Melo. ( Like i said last year i didn’t like melo trade and still doesn’t like it). if Lin is for real ( i am hoping he is) he can’t play with melo. melo is not a team player and he gonna mess up good things happening in NY.
plus i really wanna see Jeff Van Gundy or Jerry sloan as knicks’ coach.

as for Lin’s name
i will call “General Lin” (cuz he’s the floor general) + general tso chicken was born in SF bay area (not china) and General Lin was born in SF bay area also :D

the crazy thing about this is we havnt seen the full machine @ work yet, when Amare comes back woooooo he’s gonna feast people he has a point gaurd……………… Ppl say WAS didnt play D but if u look @ it even the dunk if the WAS defence callapsed on him he would of found open shooters and WAS didnt want knicks to start rippin open 3s or have the knicks getting lay up/ dunks off slash plays and tyson rolling down the lane…….smh ppl still doubting Lin he has things no coach can teach court vision and most important HEART! go knicks

all the hype about this guy shows how desperate the nba really is for some excitement (or maybe desperate for some hope for NYC, biggest bust of a team this year). the guy played 3 games. 2 of them were against the NETS and the WIZARDS! come on. now you fools are already thinking of nicknames??? yeah he did a good job, i give him a ‘good job’ that’s about it for now. michael jordan was right about modern day nba and giving praise to people who haven’t earned a damn thing yet. let me see him take the knicks to the playoffs.

New York Linnerbockers
The first time he has gotten considerable minutes, and in 3 games so far, has proven that he is able to not just play, but run the New York Lin’s offense based on D’Antoni’s style. Less turnovers from Lin and he will become a super efficient 1 guard.
By the way, how come no one wants to acknowledge that he is American first? I am American, parents are from Taiwan and I speak Mandarin only. I cannot really call myself Taiwanese as I don’t know a single word of the Taiwanese dialect. Point being, Jeremy Lin is American, and basketball is an American sport that I feel is dominated by Americans. Let’s keep it that way!

I don’t like that people are using names recycled from other players or names that play on stereotypes. I’d rather have a nickname that truly reflects Lin’s play and impact. So I’m promoting THE CATALYST. Because Jeremy Lin has completely changed the chemistry of the Knicks.

Hope he doesn’t hit the wall though. I consider this his rookie season since its when hes actually getting real playing time. Now that hes been hot for 3 games, coaches will be more aware of what he can do and guard him accordingly. I was a brandon jennings fan and after his 55 point game, he kinda slumped. Hope lin can hop over that wall because its nice to see history being made through lin.

I was wrong with Rubio, thought he would be eposed after a few games. Turned out I was very wrong. Now Jeremy Lin I believe can be even more special than Rubio. I always thought the Knicks lineup wold contend for the East Championship. With Lin’s addition and if everybody’s healthy in the playoffs them this Knicks team would be in the Eastern Finals for sure !

Some ignorant commenters on here. Lin is a good player but do you really think with Melo and Amare two ball stoppers are going to play well with him? Melo gets the ball on the wing and he holds it’s. Besides Lin has been ripping up 3 of the worst defenses in the league! If he rips up my Lakers on Friday then I will impressed.

Not I care where Lin is from but the last time I check he was born and raised in the USA. Technically wouldn’t that make him an American of Taiwanese/Chinese descent. You don’t hear Americans of European descent referring back their European countries as theirs so why should be any different in Lins case.

http://www.taiwanenews.com/doc/emerson20090810.php <—– That all ima said and ladies and gen you are right he is from America so let drop this. And "Same difference" I guess all white are from Europe, All blacks are Nigerian and all Puerto Rican are Dominican. YUP Same Difference.

To be honest I don’t want to judge Jeremy Lin, or try and act like I know where he will be down the line… The important thing to do here, is enjoy the moment. Watching highlights from college Lin has skills, he came to the NBA from HARVARD, so he’s obviously got a good head on his shoulders too… hopefully this conLINues….lol

its been speculated that he was not heavily recruited out of high school and not pursued by NBA teams out of college because he is asian-american, and i wouldn’t doubt it. kid has been on a tear the last few games, lets hope he keeps it up!!

THE YELLOW MAMBA!! so glad that an asian person is finally somewhat a star in the NBA, I’ve been waiting for this since Yao Ming retired. I think this type of play will continue to be consistent as long as he gets enough playing time, and he’s seriously deserved it.

The Knicks have been hardly more than a compilation of stars struggling to play with the unity necessary to win basketball games. Jeremy Lin seems to have brought that unity, and I as a Knicks fan am really excited to see it. So I propose we call him “The Lin-chpin,” being as he is holding the team together.

His true test comes against teams with great defensive point guards and great team defenses. If he puts up 20 and 6 versus the Celtics, Mavs, Bulls, Grizzlies, Rockets and Blazers, maybe we’re onto something. Still, a great three-game span so far. Let’s see what happens next.

To say because New York are a better team than Orlando or Boston right now is crazy. Lin has had three great games in a row against some average defensive teams. Would be good to see him up against some real D and keep playing well but this will need to be proved. The Knicks are still not a great team, Chandler hasn’t solved all of their defence problems like they thought he would. Good luck to Lin though, it’s great to watch!

trade melo and get a star that wants to play basketball not one on one and this team could win a championship. Lin is an awesome story but just more proof that until melo changes his game he holds other teammates back…Did Jordan make people none factors? nope everyone on his team was a weapon at anytime so that made jordan even harder to guard.

i think its too early to judge his performances. its only been 3 games. at least 10 games in we will be able to see his whole repertoire. i am a jeremy lin fan, and its an absolute joy to be watching the knicks now.

i dont understand why they are still questioning his skills.. i remember watching him in the rookie summer league and he was already ballin. and now he’s just proving even more why nba teams should consider him..

We are forgetting an important factor and that is the coach, did not, or could not, recognize when he has a good player. As a Knick fan I have been calling for the coach to play, Novak, Jorden and Lin while the Knicks were playing terribly. If Lin had played in Boston the Knicks would have won the game. How do one account for the play where the coach brought in Novak to shoot a 3 pointer with about 11 seconds left.
This coach only plays guys who have established themselves. He is supercillious towards young players and this would be his down fall. When Melo or Stat are going horribly he must use his bench. Then we alll would have known that Lin is a player.
A good coach must, must, know the attributes and talent of his players. To blame a lack of practice time is weak.

…. lol what coach isn’t “supercilious” to young unproven players? You’re trying to make an anecdotal arguement that Mike isn’t a good coach because he doesn’t play unproven players, you want to know who else rarely played unproven players? Phil jackson, now you go ahead and try and make the arguement that he was a bad coach because of it.

i think Mike IS a bad coach…BUT…not because of that reason. He cares nothin about defense and only wnats to out run and out shoot every team…which will win you some games but NEVER a championship. to have a team shoot 34 threes in THE FIRST HALF and be ok with it is just blasphemy. Mike is a bad coach but not because he wouldnt play Lin….every coach does what Mike and Phil did with unproven players.

Lin has definantly looked good these past three games and I hope for the Knicks sake, when Melo gets back, that we can keep this ball movement, unselfish, team ball that is going on right now. Remember they have only played one good team in the last three games so people: IF HE HAS A BAD GAME DONT KILL HIM; he is young and will have some from time to time.

Jeremy got a lot of patience and perseverance..when the time is right and you build your trust in him, look at what he did..a treasure been open…put some minutes and he will put more numbers…now NY is alive and kickin… I just hope Melo won´t mess this up.. NY is a better team than Boston and Orlando right now..

Hope he isn’t a one week wonder. NY WILL be a better team if Carmelo and Amar’e use their heads for once. And if Jeremy and other role players pick it up too. I like what Chandler and Novak have done, and Fields and Shumpert are both solidifying.